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Nerlens Noel will remain in Dallas for one more year. Photo credit: Scout.com MAVERICKS SIGN CENTER NERLENS NOEL DALLAS —  The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have signed center Nerlens Noel. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Noel (6-11, 220), who was acquired by the Mavericks from the Philadelphia 76ers in a trade-deadline deal on  Feb. 23 , averaged 8.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 1.0 steal, 1.1 blocks and 21.9 minutes in 22 games (12 starts) with Dallas last year. For the 2016-17 season, Noel posted averages of 8.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.0 assist, 1.3 steals, 1.0 block and 20.5 minutes in 51 games (19 starts) with Philadelphia and Dallas.  The three-year veteran out of Kentucky holds career averages of 10.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.6 steals, 1.5 blocks and 27.6 minutes in 193 games (152 starts) with the Sixers and the Mavericks. He has shot 51.1 percent from the floor for his career. A nat...

Courtesy HBCU Sports Courtesy: HBCU Sports View Photo Football Preview: Mississippi Valley State Courtesy SWAC.org Thu, August 24, 2017 With less than a week before the first game of the 2017 Division I college football season, the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) will be releasing team previews for all 10 SWAC schools each business day for the next couple weeks in the lead up to the kickoff opener between Texas Southern at Florida A&M on  Saturday, August 26 at 11 a.m. scheduled be to broadcast on ESPNU.  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –  Mississippi Valley State head football coach Rick Comegy isn’t shying away from a road-heavy start to the season against battle-tested teams from around the nation. The Delta Devils (1-10 overall, 1-8 SWAC in 2016) will open with five of their first six games on the road away from the friendly confines of Itta Bena, Miss. and mixes in some challenging non-conference opponents including ...

Courtesy Chris Jones / Chris Jones Photography Courtesy: Chris Jones / Chris Jones Photography View Photo Football Preview: Grambling State Courtesy Elizabeth Conley Wed, August 23, 2017 With less than two weeks before the first game of the 2017 Division I college football season, the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) will be releasing team previews for all 10 SWAC schools each business day for the next couple weeks in the lead up to the kickoff opener between Texas Southern at Florida A&M on  Saturday, August 26 at 11 a.m. scheduled be to broadcast on ESPNU. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –  On the heels of a largely dominant 2016 campaign that saw Grambling State take its place atop the HBCU football mountain once again, the Tigers head into 2017 as the team to beat in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The Tigers were a sparkling 11-1 (9-0 SWAC) in 2016, claiming the SWAC football title and a Celebration Bowl victory. ...

Carson Wentz is one of the fifteen NFL players you should keep your eyes in the late rounds of your fantasy football drat in 2017. Photo credit: CSN Philly 2017 Fantasy Football - 15 Sleepers  This is a list of my favorite 2017 fantasy football sleepers - underrated players who are going way later than they should. The Average Draft Position (ADP) is found on FantasyFootballCalculator.com.  The past two years of Fantasy Football Sleepers have been a mixed bag. For 2015, three of my top six sleepers were Dion Lewis, Jordan Reed and Cam Newton. On the flip side, however, I was way wrong on Kendall Wright, Stevie Johnson and Breshad Perriman. As for last season, I nailed Michael Thomas, Spencer Ware, Robert Kelley, Kenneth Dixon. Some whiffs, however, were Tajae Sharpe, DeAndre Washington, Devin Funchess and Devontae Booker.   Joe Williams, RB, 49ers. ADP: 12.02.  Joe Williams was a fourth-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, but would've gone earlier h...

Courtesy Sidney Jackson / Alabama A&M Courtesy: Sidney Jackson / Alabama A&M View Photo Football Preview: Alabama A&M Courtesy SWAC.org Mon, August 14, 2017 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –   Alabama A&M head football coach James Spady said during the 2017 SWAC Media Day that he loves everything about his football team. Alabama A&M appeared to be heading into a positive direction as it produced a one-game improvement from a season ago (4-7 overall, 4-5 SWAC) with a second-place finish in the SWAC Eastern Division in 2016. Now, the Bulldogs return their entire starting offensive line along with a top running back in the conference and signs from their spring games that they may be able to take the next step forward this upcoming season. “I wanted to see great effort and we got that on both sides of the ball,” coach Spady said. “Our defense did dominate us offensively, but there were some things that the offense did that...

TRILOGY REMAINS UNDEFEATED AS REGULAR SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE IN FRONT OF STAR-STUDDED CROWD AT STAPLES CENTER; 3 HEADED MONSTERS, POWER & GHOST BALLERS ALSO ADVANCE TO THE PLAYOFFS -- Ghost Ballers Pull Off Upset With Fate In Their Own Hands -- -- BIG3 Moves To Seattle For Playoffs  August 20 , Las Vegas For Championship  August 26  -- LOS ANGELES, CA -  August 14, 2017   -- In front of an energetic crowd of more than 10,000 fans, including music, sports and entertainment icons,  BIG3  took the  STAPLES Center  by storm  on Sunday , pulling out all of the stops to close out the professional 3-on-3 league’s regular season. Fans have become accustomed to seeing hard-nosed, competitive basketball. In LA, they also witnessed their favorite stars flocking to see the games in person. Seated courtside alongside BIG3 co-founder  Ice Cube  were  Oscar De La Hoya, Dwyane Wade, Chad Ochocinco Johnson, LL Coo...